vandel

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German wandel. Cognate of German Wandel. Related to the verb vandla, now obsolete except for as the second part of förvandla and omvandla.

Noun

vandel c

1. lifestyle, way of life (from a moral standpoint), (when sounding better as a translation) conduct

   bristande vandel

   lack of good moral character ["deficient conduct" – often in political discourse on immigration, now sometimes used tongue in cheek as a formal-sounding term]

   god vandel

   good moral character

   vandelsprövning

   moral character review / suitability review

Declension

Declension of vandel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vandel	vandels
	definite	vandeln	vandelns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• leverne

References

• vandel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vandel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vandel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• vandel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• levnad